This document provides definitions and explanations of key concepts in art. It discusses subjects, styles, and techniques used in different art forms like painting, sculpture, architecture, music, dance, and literature. These include realism, abstraction, distortion, naturalism, mediums like fresco, tempera, and oil paint. It also covers elements of design, principles of organization, and technical processes in visual art forms. The document serves as an introductory guide to understanding different aspects of art.
2. Any
person, object, scene, event
described or represented in a work of art.
Art
Art
that has subject is representational.
that does not have subject is nonrepresentational.
3. – things depicted as what
naturally appears in nature.
Fernando Amorsolo
Realism
4. – is a process of simplifying
and/or reorganizing objects and elements
according to the demands of artistic
expression.
Hernando Ocampo
Abstraction
5. – is done to mean
twisting, stretching, or deforming that
natural shape of the object. It is to
dramatize the shape of the figure to create
an emotional effect.
Distortion
The Descent from the Cross by Rogier van der Weyden (c1435–38).
6. •Naturalism –is a style and theory of
representation based on the accurate
depiction of detail.
7. – object depicted by the artist.
Content – reveals the artist’s attitude
toward his subject.
Subject
Parisian Life by Juan Luna. 1892. Oil on Canvas. 22 x 31 in. (57 x
79 cm.)
8. Refers
to the material
Classification:
Visual or space art – mediums can be seen
Two-dimensional art
Three-dimensional art
Auditory art – mediums can be heard and expressed in
time.
Combined art – mediums both seen and heard and exist
in both time and space.
11. Music
• The first time I loved forever
Literature
• The road not taken by Robert Frost
• Sonnet 116
12. Dance
• Hip hop Dance
Drama
• Macbeth
Opera
• Les Miserables
Movies
• Film Analysis
13. Artist’s
knowledge of medium and his skill
in making what he wants to make.
• Ex. Poet’s technique in putting words together to
express an emotion or narrate a story.
Poe’s Annabel Lee
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15. Fresco – wet plaster, cannot be changed
• School of Athens by Raphael
16. Tempera – wooden panels, combination of
gypsum/chalk, gelatin or glue
Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci
17. • Oil – ready mixed in tubes, dries slowly
Mona Lisa
by Leonardo da Vinci
18. • Water Color – 19th Cent., artist work rapidly and
cannot change anything
19.
Horror Vacui – painters fill up all available spaces
with shapes and colors.
Muslim
Wedding (left)
by Carlos Francisco, 1958
Mangingisda (right)
by Carlos Francisco
23. Shape
of a work of art
Horizontal
line – serenity and perfect
stability
Vertical line – poised and stable
Diagonal line – implies action, movement
Curved line – grace and movement
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28. Series
of wave length
Beam of light contains different colors why
we see objects as having colors
Primary
colors
Secondary colors
Tertiary colors
29. The
way two objects feel to the touch
Smooth
Rough
Grooved
Ridged
Furry
Silky
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33. Solidity
and thickness
– technique which concentrates
on the effect of blending light and shade on
objects to create an illusion of space and
atmosphere.
Chiaroscuro
– is a style of painting which
exaggerates the effect of chiaroscuro.
Tenebrism
Use
of larger amount of dark areas beside
smaller areas of light for emphasis.
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37. Perspective – objects become
smaller as they recede into the distance.
Linear
Perspective – objects become
fainter in the distance due to the effects of
the atmosphere.
Aerial
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40. Over-all
design of a work of art
Triangular
Circular
Square
Rectangular
Oblong
– contained within the frame
Open - action extends out of the frame
Closed
63. – beam or slab extending
horizontally into space beyond its
supporting post
Cantilever
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